What makes you grin? Antidote to grumpy thread

[steveo3002]

[clayts450]

Didn't know Billy had branched out...

[Crackers]

I'm sorry, it can take a what what in the where? 😮

Pardon me, I need to fish my mind out of the gutter. 

 

[Ghosty]

Sitting at work, and I get a Messenger call. Can't answer but I ask what's up? 

My mate's randomly bumped into a guy I lost contact with when he lost his phone two and a half years ago (he's off the grid), and he wants my phone number. Fuckin' winner. 

[Andyrew]

 This, when they named the company it did make me chuckle, Surprised i was not. 

 

[richardmorris]

[omegod]

I read a comment today that tickled me:

"Marriage is just two people asking each other what they  fancy for tea every day until one of then die's" 

My wife didn't think it was funny though  

[High Jetter]

Maybe she is allergic to unnecessary apostrophes? She might not like being stamped out.

[jon928se]

I've read about the extortionate hospital car park charges in the UK.

I'm about to start a 7 week, 5 days a week radiation therapy treatment for cancer here in Sydney Australia. The grin - for the princely sum of $50 AUS (about 30quid) I get a car park pass enabling free parking for the 7 weeks.

[eddyramrod]

Hope it all goes well for you Jon!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 07/10/2021 at 07:43, jon928se said:

.... - for the princely sum of $50 AUS (about 30quid) I get a car park pass enabling free parking for the 7 weeks.

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*scratches head* - how is something "free" if you're paying for it? 🤔

[Fumbler]

I love old phpBB forums

Changed the date code a bit and made this!

I are quoting the future.

[jon928se]

  On 07/10/2021 at 09:37, Tadhg Tiogar said:

*scratches head* - how is something "free" if you're paying for it?

Correct , not free if one is being pedantic, but in comparison to UK hospital parking charges it may as well be.

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[Sham]

On reading another forum, this was presented to me 

www.birdsarentreal.com

[adw1977]

  On 07/10/2021 at 07:43, jon928se said:

I've read about the extortionate hospital car park charges in the UK.

I'm about to start a 7 week, 5 days a week radiation therapy treatment for cancer here in Sydney Australia. The grin - for the princely sum of $50 AUS (about 30quid) I get a car park pass enabling free parking for the 7 weeks.

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Although my local hospital charges between £3 and £12 normally, chemotherapy patients get free parking.  Not sure if that extends to radiation therapy. 

Anyway, good luck with the treatment. 

[wuvvum]

  On 07/10/2021 at 12:04, Sham said:

On reading another forum, this was presented to me 

www.birdsarentreal.com

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I like the fact that they're "quoting" Tricky Dicky as saying that birds were invented in 1978, as if there's nobody around who is older than 44 and remembers seeing birds before that.

[eddyramrod]

At first glance I read that as "Angry Dicky" and thought "why is one of our number wittering on about birds and stuff?"

[Spottedlaurel]

Popped out at lunchtime, saw an odd shape on the road heading towards me. Turned out to to be the 6-wheeled Mondeo "Coastal Alamor" camper M742 VRB. Can't remember if I have a photo on Flickr, but it was good to see out and about.

Surprised to see it only has a 1.8-litre petrol to haul itself around.

[wuvvum]

Bloody hell that's a weird looking thing!  Looks like it's been through several different iterations.  Even with a 1.8 Zetec I'd imagine it's far from the most underpowered camper on the road...

[mintwth]

  On 07/10/2021 at 13:02, wuvvum said:

1978, as if there's nobody around who is older than 44

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Are you in 2022 already? Is the future good? 

[wuvvum]

No, but I'd imagine that anyone born after 1977 would have been too young in 1978 to remember the birds' sudden appearance.  In fact 45 would have been a more realistic age.

[mintwth]

Seems there's no point asking you for next week's lottery numbers then. 😉

[richardmorris]

It’s all satire isn’t it?

[TataBobu]

  On 25/09/2021 at 11:02, TataBobu said:

The transmission on my Wagon R+ died on me, it's really noisy and jumps from 3rd and 4th. A new one is not an option, as it would cost at least 5 times what the car is worth. But apparently all the 5 speed Suzuki gearboxes are made of the finest Chinesium, thus having problems, and I can't find a 4x4 one in Romania. Looks like I'll have to buy one and turn it into a 4x2, and then hope I'll be able to fix mine.

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Half a really wide grin: I bought a second hand 5 speed gearbox, 4x2. It fits. I can even use the transfer box, but nothing goes towards the rear wheels. But this way I don't have to buy a long drive axle ("planetara") for the right wheel. I now have the car home, the driveshaft between the transfer box and the rear differential ("cardanul") is now in the house, and the 4x4 gearbox is still with the shop, they'll take it apart and see if it's fixable. So far I've spent 820 RON (400 the gearbox, 70 transport over 500 kilometers, 350 for the work done in the garage), and the car works. That's about 140 pounds.

It's different, a lot less noisy and less agricultural. Now I know I'll want a 4x2 one, too, maybe with the M13A engine in it. To change it with an M15A, M16A or M18A 

[clayts450]

[Tadhg Tiogar]

  On 07/10/2021 at 19:18, richardmorris said:

It’s all satire isn’t it?

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These days, events frequently go beyond satire.

[wuvvum]

  On 07/10/2021 at 19:18, richardmorris said:

It’s all satire isn’t it?

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Who knows these days...

[eddyramrod]

  On 08/10/2021 at 09:27, clayts450 said:

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The story is probably fake news, but I don't care; it's too funny to pass up.

[Datsuncog]

Saw this stopped at the lights ahead of me yesterday:

The more you look at it, the better it gets...

[eddyramrod]

While I was out in Huggy this morning, I got a friendly wave from an Emerald Green Triumph Stag going the other way.